Bits And Pieces

I know I mention (a lot) that money is tight, but it's really painfully so right now. I get paid next week, but the paycheck is already dedicated 100% (and then some) to bills, with nothing left over for gas or food. I had to borrow fabric softener from a neighbor because I couldn't justify that $4 for something that wasn't food or gas. It's that bad. Really. But strange things have been happening….

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I had to pay my half of a field trip fee for the kids (they attend a super cheap day camp run by our town), and when I went to pull the money out of my purse and give it to the director, an extra $10 fell out. I have no idea how it got there. I didn't have it before – I know because I counted the money three times. Then I found some old scratch-off lottery tickets in a drawer that were winners. It wasn't much, but $12 certainly helps.

I came home from work with a little over a half a tank of gas yesterday. This morning, I was between 3/4 and full. I thought it might just be because the driveway is sloped and once I started driving and the fuel evened out in the tank it would change. It didn't. In fact, it didn't go down, even after my 41 mile commute in to work.

Anna let me know very last minute that her friend was having a birthday party. I have no money to buy a present for the kid. I wasn't sure what I was going to do. Then I had to put some clothes in David's closet, and when I did, something fell off the shelf and hit me on the back. It was a girl's perfume-making kit that I'd bought for Anna – it was a duplicate of the same gift she got from her father, so I had put mine up on the shelf, thinking it might be re-gifted. As I perused the shelf further, I found a really cool tee-shirt I'd bought for Anna ages ago (and forgot to give her) with the tags still on it and everything – her friend will love it. I always keep a stockpile of wrapping paper and gift bags, so that is done. Cost to me: Zilch.

Work had a huge picnic, and there were tons of burgers, hot dogs and chicken breasts left over. Since I helped organize it and cleaned up afterward, guess who got to take it all home?

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This is getting bizarre. None of this is a windfall – and I'm still concerned about the gas tank stretching, but all of this is timely and filling in monetary gaps in a freakish way. I'm not complaining, but what is going on? Am I finally getting some good karma? Have you ever had something like this happen to you?

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